Bill 43 — Second Session, 22Nd Legislature, 39 Elizabedi Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 43 Oil and Gas Conservation Amendment Act, 1990 (Legislature 22, Session 2)

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1990 BILL 43 Second Session, 22nd Legislature, 39 Elizabedi II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 43 OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION AMENDMENT ACT, 1990 THE MINISTER OF ENERGY First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent

Bill 43 BILL 43 1990 OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION AMENDMENT ACT, 1990 (Assented to , 1990) HER MAJESTY, by and widi die advice and consent of die Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Oil and Gas Conservation Act is amended by this Act. 2 The following is added ctfter

section 22: Ethane Supply for Straddle Plants 22.1(1) In diis section, (a) "field ethane plant" means a processing plant in Alberta for die exti-action from gas of ethane, but does not include a straddle plant; (b) "policy effective date" means August 21, 1987; (c) "sti-addle plant" means a processing plant designated by die Board as a sti-addle plant for the purposes of diis section; (d) "threshold amount" means the amount of ethane determined by die Board as die threshold amount for a specified period for die purposes of this section.

(2) The Board may (

a) in accordance widi the regulations, designate as a sti-addle plant for die purposes of diis

section a processing plant in Alberta for die extraction from gas of ediane, if die plant is die subject of an approval under

section 26(l)(

b) in effect on the policy effective date;

Explanatory Notes 1 This Bill will amend

chapter 0-5 of die Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2 Ediane supply for straddle plants. Explanatory Notes

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b) in accordance widi the regulations, determine a threshold amount for a specified period for all sd-addle plants; (

c) in accordance with the regulations, allocate the du-eshold amount for a specified period among die respective sti-addle plants; (

d) make any orders or directions it considers necessary for the purpose of ensuring that a supply of ethane is made available to each straddle plant during a specified period in an amount equal to its allocated portion of the threshold amount for the same period.

(3) If a field ethane plant is the subject of an approval under

section 26(l)(

b) initially made before the policy effective date, the Board has no power to make an order or direction under this

section to die operator of diat plant except in relation to amounts of ethane extracted at die plant in excess of the plant's ethane exttaction capacity as determined by the Board as of the pohcy effective date.

(4) If a field ediane plant is the subject of an approval under

section 26(l)(b), the approval is subject to die condition that die holder of the approval is responsible for compliance with orders and directions of die Board under this section.

(5) The Board may make regulations respecting (

a) designations by die Board of sfraddle plants pursuant to subsection (2)(a); (

b) die manner of determining a threshold amount for all straddle plants for a specified period; (

c) die allocation of die tiireshold amount for a specified period among the respective straddle plants; (

d) die powers and duties of die Board in relation to the making of orders or directions under tiiis section; (

e) die rights and duties of persons to whom orders or du-ections are made by die Board under diis

section in relation to matters arising under diis section; (

f) die settiement by arbitration of disputes arising under this

section or die regulations made under tiiis section; (

g) exempting any field ediane plant or class of field ethane plant from die operation of this

section either indefinitely or tor a specified period;

Explanatory Notes

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h) any other matters relating to die adminisfration or enforcement of this section.

(6) This

section is repealed on June 30, 2008. 3

Section 72(5) is amended by striking out "but not exceeding 1/2 of and substituting "in an amount equal to not more than 2 times".

Section 72(5) presently reads:

(5) The Board in its order may specify that, in the event production of oil or gas is obtained and the owner of a tract fails to pay his share of the actual cost of drilling the well by the time specified in the order, then the amount payable by that owner shall include, in addition to his tract's share of the actual cost of drilling, a penalty payable to the operator but not exceeding 112 of his tract's share of the actual cost of drilling. Explanatory Notes Title: 1990 (22nd 2nd) Bill 43, Oil and Gas Conservation Amendment Act, 1990

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L22 S2 2718
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Volume / chapter	L22 S2 2718
Language	en
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